Version No. 024
Road Safety Road Rules 2017
S.R. No. 41/2017
Version incorporating amendments as at
30 September 2025
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Rule Page
Part 1—Introductory
Division 1—General
1Objectives
1AAuthorising provision
2Commencement
3Revocations
Division 2—Some features of these Rules
4Definitions
5Diagrams
6Examples
7Headings
8Notes
9Reader's Guide
10Offences
Part 2—Application of Rules
Division 1—Roads and road related areas
11Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and road related areas
12What is a road
13What is a road related area
Division 2—Road users and vehicles
14Road users
15What is a vehicle
16Who is a driver
17Who is a rider
18Who is a pedestrian
19References to driver includes rider etc.
Part 3—Speed-limits
20Obeying the speed-limit
21Speed-limit where a speed-limit sign applies
22Speed-limit in a speed-limited area
23Speed-limit in a school zone
24Speed-limit in a shared zone
25Speed-limit elsewhere
Part 4—Making turns
Division 1—Left turns at intersections
26Application of Division to roundabouts, road related areas and adjacent land
27Starting a left turn from a road (except a multi-lane road)
28Starting a left turn from a multi-lane road
29Making a left turn as indicated by a road marking
Division 2—Right turns (except hook turns) at intersections
30Division does not apply to certain turns
31Starting a right turn from a road (except a multi‑lane road)
32Starting a right turn from a multi-lane road
33Making a right turn
Division 3—Hook turns at intersections
34Making a hook turn at a hook turn only sign
35Optional hook turn by a rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter
36Rider of bicycle or electric scooter making a hook turn contrary to no hook turn by bicycles sign
Division 4—U-turns
37Beginning a U-turn
38Giving way when making a U-turn
39Making a U-turn contrary to a no U-turn sign
40Making a U-turn at an intersection with traffic lights
41Making a U-turn at an intersection without traffic lights
42Starting a U-turn at an intersection
43Making a U-turn at certain crossings
43AMaking a U-turn on a road related area with traffic lights
Part 5—Change of direction and stop signals
Division 1—Change of direction signals
44Division does not apply to entering or leaving a roundabout or lane filtering or repositioning
45What is changing direction
46Giving a left change of direction signal
47How to give a left change of direction signal
48Giving a right change of direction signal
49How to give a right change of direction signal
50How to give a right change of direction signal by giving a hand signal
51When use of direction indicator lights permitted
Division 2—Stop signals
52Division does not apply to riders of bicycles or electric scooters or certain tram drivers
53Giving a stop signal
54How to give a stop signal
55How to give a stop signal by giving a hand signal
Part 6—Traffic lights and twin red lights
Division 1—Obeying traffic lights
56Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow
57Stopping for a yellow traffic light or arrow
58Exceptions to stopping for a red or yellow traffic light
59Proceeding through a red traffic light
60Proceeding through a red…